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en-usPhys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.Icebergs once drifted to Florida, new climate model suggestsUsing a first-of-its-kind, high-resolution numerical model to describe ocean circulation during the last ice age about 21,000 year ago, oceanographer Alan Condron of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has shown that icebergs and meltwater from the North American ice sheet would have regularly reached South Carolina and even southern Florida. The models are supported by the discovery of iceberg scour marks on the sea floor along the entire continental shelf.http://phys.org/news332308954.html
EarthSun, 12 Oct 2014 13:00:01 EDTnews332308954Jet stream changes cause climatically exceptional Greenland Ice Sheet melt(Phys.org) —Research from the University of Sheffield has shown that unusual changes in atmospheric jet stream circulation caused the exceptional surface melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) in summer 2012.http://phys.org/news290681882.html
EarthMon, 17 Jun 2013 09:58:09 EDTnews290681882Measuring isotope variability in water vapor over Southern CaliforniaVariations in the ratios of different isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen in water have long been used to trace water cycle processes, and the isotopic composition of water vapor in the atmosphere is known to change with weather events.http://phys.org/news288957029.html
EarthTue, 28 May 2013 11:50:01 EDTnews288957029Climate modelers see possible warmer, wetter Northeast winters by 2070A new high-resolution climate study by University of Massachusetts Amherst climate scientists, the first to apply regional climate models to examine likely near-term changes in temperature and precipitation across the Northeast United States, suggests temperatures are going to be significantly warmer in all seasons in the next 30 years, especially in winter. Also, they project that winters will be wetter, with more rain likely than snow.http://phys.org/news274532735.html
EarthWed, 12 Dec 2012 11:05:43 EDTnews274532735Martian carbon dioxide clouds tied to atmospheric gravity wavesOn 4 March 1997 the Mars Pathfinder lander fell through the thin Martian atmosphere. During its descent, instrumentation aboard the lander recorded the changing atmospheric temperature, pressure, and density. http://phys.org/news248448038.html
Astronomy & SpaceTue, 14 Feb 2012 14:20:01 EDTnews248448038Early Earth may have been prone to deep freezes: studyTwo University of Colorado Boulder researchers who have adapted a three-dimensional, general circulation model of Earth's climate to a time some 2.8 billion years ago when the sun was significantly fainter than present think the planet may have been more prone to catastrophic glaciation than previously believed.http://phys.org/news242314329.html
EarthMon, 05 Dec 2011 13:32:30 EDTnews242314329Baby turtles don't just go with the flowAt just a few centimeters long, hatchling loggerhead turtles may seem powerless to resist being swept around the Atlantic Ocean by powerful currents.http://phys.org/news242037216.html
BiologyFri, 02 Dec 2011 09:40:01 EDTnews242037216Notre Dame researcher studying Hurricane Irene's storm surgeWhile a great number of people are preparing to evacuate in the face of Hurricane Irene, Andrew Kennedy, a researcher in the University of Notre Dame Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, rushed to the outer banks of North Carolina yesterday in anticipation of its arrival.http://phys.org/news233597338.html
EarthFri, 26 Aug 2011 17:09:10 EDTnews233597338A volcanic idea to reverse climate changeScientists believe that our warming world may face catastrophic changes to its natural environment, including droughts, rising oceans and fiercer, more frequent hurricanes.http://phys.org/news233223541.html
EarthMon, 22 Aug 2011 09:19:16 EDTnews233223541What caused a giant arrow-shaped cloud on Saturn's moon Titan?(PhysOrg.com) -- Why does Titan, Saturn's largest moon, have what looks like an enormous white arrow about the size of Texas on its surface?http://phys.org/news232700257.html
Astronomy & SpaceTue, 16 Aug 2011 07:58:02 EDTnews232700257New Research Model Improves Lobster Population Forecasting(PhysOrg.com) -- Managing the Gulf of Maine’s $300 million lobster industry has been a practice mostly reliant upon the physical size of adult stocks, a system called stock assessment and one that’s made policymaking largely reactive with little environmental input.http://phys.org/news198259892.html
BiologyTue, 13 Jul 2010 17:11:47 EDTnews198259892The long-term fate of the oil spill in the AtlanticThe possible spread of the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig over the course of one year was studied in a series of computer simulations by a team of researchers from the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.http://phys.org/news197632475.html
EarthTue, 06 Jul 2010 10:54:52 EDTnews197632475Heat and moisture from Himalayas could be a key cause of the South Asian monsoonHarvard climate scientists suggest that the Tibetan Plateau—thought to be the primary source of heat that drives the South Asian monsoon—may have far less of an effect than the Himalayas and other surrounding mountains. As the monsoon brings needed rainfall and water to billions of people each year, understanding its proper origin, especially in the context of global climate change, is crucial for the future sustainability of the region.http://phys.org/news182605123.html
EarthWed, 13 Jan 2010 13:00:20 EDTnews182605123Lobster Traps Going High Tech(PhysOrg.com) -- New England lobstermen have gone high tech by adding low-cost instruments to their lobster pots that record bottom temperature and provide data that could help improve ocean circulation models in the Gulf of Maine.http://phys.org/news155818404.html
EarthMon, 09 Mar 2009 11:54:16 EDTnews155818404Cassini Maps Global Pattern of Titan's Dunes(PhysOrg.com) -- Titan's vast dune fields, which may act like weather vanes to determine general wind direction on Saturn's biggest moon, have been mapped by scientists who compiled four years of radar data collected by the Cassini spacecraft.http://phys.org/news154966417.html
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